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 Warwickshire, of whom was Shakespeare's father-in-law, also a Richard. He has left nothing beyond an undetermined share of 1 Sir John Oldcastle, but the following plays by him are traceable in the diary: (a) Plays for the Admiral's, 1598-1602

(i) King Arthur.

April 1598.

(ii) Valentine and Orson.

With Munday, July 1598. It is uncertain what relation, if any, this bore to an anonymous play of the same name which was twice entered in the S. R. on 23 May 1595 and 31 March 1600 (Arber, ii. 298, iii. 159), was ascribed in both entries to the Queen's and not the Admiral's, and is not known to be extant.

(iii, iv) 1, 2 Sir John Oldcastle.

With Drayton (q.v.), Munday, and Wilson, Oct.-Dec. 1599.

(v) Owen Tudor.

With Drayton, Munday, and Wilson, Jan. 1600; but apparently not finished.

(vi) 1 Fair Constance of Rome.

With Dekker, Drayton, Munday, and Wilson (q.v.), June 1600.

(vii) 2 Fair Constance of Rome.

June 1600; but apparently not finished.

(viii) Hannibal and Scipio.

With Rankins, Jan. 1601. Greg, ii. 216, bravely suggests that Nabbes's play of the same name, printed as a piece of Queen Henrietta's men in 1637, may have been a revision of this.

(ix) Scogan and Skelton.

With Rankins, Jan.-March 1601.

(x) The Conquest of Spain by John of Gaunt.

With Rankins, Mar.-Apr. 1601, but never finished, as shown by a letter to Henslowe from S. Rowley, bidding him let Hathway 'have his papars agayne' (Henslowe Papers, 56). (xi, xii) 1, 2 The Six Clothiers.

With Haughton and Smith, Oct.-Nov. 1601; but the second part was apparently unfinished.

(xiii) Too Good To Be True.

With Chettle (q.v.) and Smith, Nov. 1601-Jan. 1602.

(xiv) Merry as May Be.

With Day and Smith, Nov. 1602.

(b) Plays for Worcester's, 1602-3

(xv, xvi) 1, 2 The Black Dog of Newgate.

With Day, Smith, and an anonymous 'other poete', Nov. 1602-Feb. 1603.

(xvii) The Unfortunate General.

With Day, Smith, and a third, Jan. 1603.